A student uses a diagram to show the scale sizes of the planets. Which planet’s diameter would be approximately the distance across the United States?(1 point)

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Responses

Uranus
Uranus

Jupiter
Jupiter

Neptune
Neptune

Mercury

Answer 1

Jupiter is the planet whose diameter would be approximately the distance across the United States. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, with a diameter of about 86,881 miles (139,822 kilometers), which is comparable to the distance across the contiguous United States.